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According to a New Zealand website the accused is back home in Sweden.

 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8161452/Alleged-killer-of-Kiwi-now-on-the-run

 

 

 

Alleged killer of Kiwi now on the run     
 
 The alleged murderer of a Wellington man stabbed to death in Thailand was allowed to leave the country and is now on the run.
 
Robert Hollick, 43, from Upper Hutt, was stabbed with a knife three times in his neck and back during a bar fight in the coastal town of Pattaya in August.
 
Police arrested a 40-year-old Swede, Andreas Ringvall, and charged him with murder. His Thai girlfriend was also detained.
 
Now, Mr Hollick's mother Anne Hollick has learnt Ringvall has been on the run for months.
 
After the stabbing, Ringvall's girlfriend told police Mr Hollick started the fight, but witnesses said Ringvall caused the trouble after the woman began playing with Mr Hollick's dog.
 
The girlfriend was sent back to her room and Ringvall returned with a knife, stabbing Mr Hollick, they said.
 
Ringvall was bailed days after being arrested, but Ms Hollick said she was shocked to discover that he had been allowed to return to Sweden in late October for "family reasons".
 
The Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry confirmed to her on Tuesday that Ringvall was missing.
 
Ms Hollick said she was told that after Ringvall's court date in November came and went, the New Zealand embassy sent the court an official letter demanding information but received no reply.
 
"I was a little angry that they should treat, not me, but New Zealand this way as though we were so insignificant they could do this without informing the New Zealand Government or whoever they're supposed to inform."
 
She had never felt any anger towards Ringvall - "all that matters is that I don't have Robert any more".
 
"He's [Ringvall] got to live with what he's done so I can't waste time with all these mixed feelings . . . I'm more happy thinking of my son rather than him. He doesn't mean anything."
 
A ministry spokeswoman confirmed that the Pattaya Court had granted Ringvall permission to leave Thailand.
 
He had failed to return and an arrest warrant had been issued by the Thai authorities, she said.
 
The ministry would keep in touch with Mr Hollick's family and provide them with updates, while the New Zealand embassy in Bangkok would continue to seek information from the court.
 
The matter rested with the Thai authorities and the New Zealand Government was unable to intervene in judicial matters, she said.
 
Greg Pitt, managing partner at Thailand law firm Mackenzie Smith, said it would be highly unusual for someone accused of murder to be granted permission to leave the country. 
 
"I think perhaps a brown paper envelope [filled with cash] would have been passed in some way, which is not uncommon.
 
"He probably had enough cash - and it has to be cash - to get him out of this s..."
 
Because the two people involved were foreigners it was unlikely the Thai Government would make any effort to track down Ringvall.
 
The only possible option would be to establish where Ringvall was and take private litigation against him, which would be hugely expensive, he said.
 
Thailand and Swedish authorities could not be contacted yesterday. 
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